Natural Law - Four Interpretations

Individualist

private ownership
egoism

group ownership
altruism

Limited to scarce
rivalrous resources

Augustine/Rothbard
Natural Law

+ Consent
– Aggression

Communist/Socialist
Labor Theory of Value

+ Equality
– Exploitation

Includes intangibles, e.g.
ideas, values, or interests

Galambos/Passio
Natural Law

+ Autonomy
– Theft

Birch/Doolittle
Natual Law

+ Reciprocity
– Parasitism